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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1963
Suspects Arrested; Sinatra Still Missing
STATELINE, Nev.—(UPI)—Police officials in two states today turned their attention from six heavily armed bank robbery suspects to the snow-covered Sierra in their search for Frank Sinatra, Jr., who was kidnapped at gunpoint from his hotel room at a Lake Tahoe gambling center.
The suspected bank robbers were seized with a small arsenal 20 miles from the kidnap scene in California yesterday. Authorities at first indicated the six might be connected with the kidnapping.
BUT LATE LAST NIGHT the FB said the only eyewitness to the abduction, Sinatra's roommate, was unable to make "a positive identification of any of the six men."
The development apparently left police without a major clue to the kidnapping. Officials repeatedly refused to answer newsmen's questions, deepening the mystery that surround the disappearance of the 19-year-old singer.
Young Sinatra was forced from his room at gunpoint by two men Sunday night about an hour before his 10 p.m. performance at a plush gambling casino with the Tommy Dorsey band. His roommate, Joe Foss, was bound and gagged.
POLICE AND FBI AGENTS have refused to reveal if they have turned up any possible motives for the kidnapping or if any members of the young entertainer's family have been contacted by the kidnapers.
Young Sinatra's famed singer-actor father remained secluded at a Reno hotel with a telephone being kept open. He was described as "nervous and concerned." The victim's mother, Nancy, former wife of the elder Sinatra, was keeping a phone open at her Beverly Hills, Calif. home.
Police Lt. Arthur Willson said early today that "presumably the kidnappers are still in the area" surrounding Lake Tahoe which has been sealed off by extensive roadblocks.
HEAVY SNOW was falling in the area Sunday night and continued through yesterday, hampering the efforts of the more than 100 sheriff's deputies, highway patrolmen and FBI agents participating in the search. The roadblocks were maintained around the clock despite the hard-driving snow storm.
Within five hours after the kidnapping, California authorities issued a bulletin for the arrest of two suspected bank robbers in connection with the abduction. They were identified as Joseph J. Sorce, 23, and Thomas Keating, 21, both escapees from the Deuel Vocational Institution in California and both described as "extremely dangerous."
SEVERAL HOURS later police arrested Sorce, Keating and four companions at a lodge in Strawberry, Calif., 20 miles from Stateline. Each man was armed with two revolvers, the FBI said.
The four others were identified as Donald Rolls, Jr., 24, a Hollywood salesman; Warren W. Serafin, 23, an Arleta, Calif., machinist; Joseph Z. Zaracki, Jr., 21, a Sunland City, Calif., laborer, and William J. Green, 26, a Los Angeles construction worker.
One Person Killed In Korean Clash
SEOUL, Korea—(UPI)—United Nations Command (UNC) troops killed an unidentified person in the demilitarized zone last night, the UNC announced today. But South Korean reports of a clash between U.S. soldiers and Communist troops could not be confirmed.
A South Korean news agency said the clash took place early this morning and that one North Korean was killed. It said its report came from unofficial sources in the South Korean army.
A UNC spokesman said there was no exchange of gunfire in last night's incident. It was not known if the victim was a civilian or soldier. Two other persons escaped before UNC troops could apprehend them, he said.
The UNC did not say if American troops were involved, but the area of the border where the incident took place is largely covered by U.S. elements of the UNC.
Religious Summit Meeting May Result from Pope's Visit
Vatican sources said the Pope will probably answer Athenagoras within a few days. They said that if the Pope agrees to a meeting, he will probably invite other Christian church leaders to the conference.
Athenagoras suggested the Jerusalem conference last week after learning of the Pontiff's scheduled Jan. 4-6 pilgrimage.
VATICAN CITY — (UPI) — The possibility of a religious summit conference during Pope Paul's visit to the Holy Land next month stirred increasing speculation in the Vatican today.
The Rev. Pierre Duprey of the Vatican's Secretariat for Christian Unity flew to Istanbul, Turkey tonight, and said he would consult today with Patriarch Athenagoras, 77, spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Jerusalem, holy city of Christianity and Judaism, is about 40 miles southwest of Amman. It is divided between Israel and Jordan, with most of the sacred shrines of both faiths located in the old city, on the Jordanian side of a barbed-wire barrier.
Dominant themes of the message were expected to be peace and Christian reunion, in line with the Pope's Dec. 4 announcement of the pilgrimage as "a sign of prayer, penitence and renewal to offer the church to Christ, to call the separated brethren to its sacred and unique fold, and to implore divine mercy on behalf of peace among men."
In Israel, a ministerial committee planning the program for the Pope's visit met in Jerusalem's new city under the chairmanship of Premier Levi Eshkol yesterday. A spokesman for the committee said detailed arrangements would not be made before the end of the week, after the Pope's exact itinerary is learned.
It is not student apathy that is the main problem confronting American campuses today, but rather inactivity resulting from lack of information.
That was a statement made by Mohammed Shuhud Sa'aid, a field representative of the World University Service (WUS), who spoke last night in the Kansas Union.
Sa'aid commented on the World University Service and its purpose in informing students of American, Western Europe, Canada, and other countries of the world on the problems confronting students of other countries. He expressed the opinion that leaders of tomorrow cannot accept their responsibility if they do not realize the problems of today.
"THE STUDENTS TODAY must be stimulated," Sa'aid said. "There seems to be a dangerous hesitancy on the part of many students to face the problems of our world. As future citizens and leaders of tomorrow, they must face up to the problems around them."
Sa'aid hopes that recent events both at home and abroad will make students take hold of contemporary life, and begin to take a more active and interested part in it.
munities in developing countries."
"The problem here at KU is not a unique one," Sa'aid said. "It is a problem which is evident on campuses everywhere. Too many student leaders fail to remedy this problem. They fall back on the excuses that cannot do anything until someone else does. I have visited many schools and at everyone there is one basic excuse for inactivity. Everyone says the school is the center of conservatism not only in the state, but for the whole Midwest."
SA'AID SAID he hoped KU realizes it is no more conservative than Harvard, Boston or any other school in the country.
SA'AID SAID housing, health, academic facilities, and relief in emergencies are the major problems today.
"The students must realize we are all members of an international student community," Sa'aid said. "We have a commitment to help one another. Since our (WUS) conception in 1917, we have built a membership of 23 countries trying to deal with the main problems of student com-
"We students in developing countries today will be the leaders of tomorrow," Sa'aid said. "American students cannot afford to see a world exist where one-fifteenth of the countries enjoy prosperity, and the others live in poverty."
Sa'aid used Africa as an example by saying that according to the 1961 United Nations reports there were 172 million persons in Africa, but that there were only 35,000 university students. Thus, one out of every 6,000 persons enjoys the privilege of an education.
Here at KU, the KU-Y has a WUS committee which helps in the service's projects.
SA'AIY EXPLAINED the working of WUS finances by saying that money was solicited in countries which can afford to give. One of the main contributors to WUS is the Campus Chest. This school years Campus Chest drive will be held at KU beginning in March of 1964. WUS will distribute the money to student communities in developing countries provided WUS specifies where the appropriations are to be used. The student community supports 50 per cent of the cost of the project. Students must also provide the labor force for the project.
Students Refuse to Face Campus, World Problems
Sa'aid said the campuses must bring the foreign student problems of the world closer to home. He said the University of Colorado has set up a fund which is for the benefit of the foreign students attending Colorado University.
Western Civ Lecture
The eighteenth century will be the subject of the third of the Western Civilization Extra Lectures at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Lecture Room of the Art Museum.
William R. Reardon, professor of speech and drama will be the guest lecturer for this meeting.
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